Why Are Gun Owners So Afraid of Obama?

Why Are Gun Owners So Afraid of Obama?

Why Are Gun Owners So Afraid of Obama?

 Should gun owners be feeling threatened by President Obama and critics of “Stand Your Ground” laws?

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Should gun owners be feeling threatened by the high-profile George Zimmerman case and “Stand Your Ground” law criticism? Would President Obama sign anti-gun legislation? Last weekend on Up w/ Chris Hayes, The Nation’s Gary Younge, the Washington Times’s Kerry Picket, Professor Michael Eric Dyson of Georgetown University and Amanda Terkel of the Huffington Post took up these questions, and more.

Erin Schikowski

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